When I highlight text in a post, click on “Quote” in the pop-up, and then click reply, the reply box opens up and I can see the quote is there as it should be. I type my reply and click post, but the quote doesn’t appear in my reply. If I then do the same thing a second time, the quote appears properly in my reply. This is strange behavior to have to do this twice to make it work. Has anyone seen this before or have a solution? I am using a vanilla discourse installation so no additional plugins, themes, or anything else installed.

Try this theme component: [image] Quick Quote Theme Component Theme component information_source Summary Simply: it changes the behaviour of the Post Reply buttons (not Topic reply) to quote a Post automatically in a single click. hammer_and_wrench Repository Link GitHub - merefield/discourse-quick-quote: A Theme component to change the behaviour of the Post Reply buttons to quote a Post automatically in a single click. open_book Install Guide Installing a theme or theme component heart Sponsorship Please consider becoming an ongoing sponsor of m…

[image] David_Ghost: Try this theme component: Are there instructions to install this? Couldn’t find them anywhere. Thanks

hmm :thinking: it sounds like you may need to have a look at these settings, probably the first one. [IMG_1670] go to admin-all site settings and type “quote” in the filter and you should find them. [IMG_1673]

[image] Lilly: hmm :thinking: it sounds like you may need to have a look at these settings, probably the first one. Ok, I assume I would uncheck “remove full quote” to make it work properly?

yes. more info here [image] Removal of full quotes from direct replies megaphoneAnnouncements Discourse 2.2.0.beta6 added a new feature to Discourse: Remove full quotes of direct replies. We’ve received quite a few questions about how it works, so I wanted to provide all the details here. How does this feature work? The new feature is actually quite simple: IF a user adds a quote at the start (and only at the start) of their post AND the quote is of an entire post AND the quote is from the immediate preceding post .. THEN we remove the quote. How can I turn it off? As a site admin, …

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Ok, I assume I would uncheck “remove full quote” to make it work properly?

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